Clay County Hispanic or Latino Origin Population Percentage - Illinois

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (PEP). Updated annually. Population and HousingUnit Estimates

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS). Updated annually. American Community Survey

About

The Ethnicity estimates of the population are produced for the United States, states, and counties by the Population Esimates Program and the ethnicity estimates of the population are produced for Puerto Rico, muncipios (county-equivalents for Puerto Rico), places, zona urbanas and comunidades (place-equivalents for Puerto Rico), and minor civil divisions by the AmericanCommunity Survey.

The U.S. Census Bureau adheres to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) definition of ethnicity. There are two minimum categories for ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino and NotHispanic or Latino. OMB considers race and Hispanic origin to be two separate and distinct concepts. Hispanics and Latinos may be of any race. Thus, the percent Hispanic should not be addedto percentages for racial categories.

Definition

Hispanics or Latino refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. This includes people who reported detailed Hispanic or Latino groups such as:

•Mexican

•Puerto Rican

•Cuban

•Dominican Republic

Central American (excludes Mexican)

•Costa Rican

•Guatemalan

•Honduran

•Nicaraguan

•Panamanian

•Salvadoran

•Other Central American

South American

•Argentinian

•Bolivian

•Chilean

•Colombian

•Ecuadorian

•Paraguayan

•Peruvian

•Uruguayan

•Venezuelan

•Other South American

Spaniard

•All other Hispanic or Latino

Origin can be viewed as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person’s parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States.

Data users should be aware of methodology differences that may exist between different data sources.

Methodology for U.S. and Puerto Rico